Dal 26 Maggio al 5 Giugno lo Studio De Meo a Livorno presenta una mostra collettiva con 10 artisti orafi contemporanei.
From 26 May to 5 June at Studio De Meo in Livorno (Italy) there will be an exhibition of 10 goldsmith artists with their creations.

WHY PEBBLES ?Because ALL Collioure’s beaches, here, in the south-west of France, where Pyreneans « dive » into the Mediterranean sea, are ONLY with pebbles, and that the FIRST REACTION of TOURISTS (ALL TOURISTS !) is to throw pebbles into the sea !!!
SO, one of the Collioure’s jewellers, Vincent Torguet had the idea to create a line of jewels with these Collioure’s pebbles …. And I thought it would be fine that all jewellers bring their « pebble » to the « edifice » !!!! you know …. the first reference … of course, is … the ROLLING STONES !! Make all your pebbles ROLLING towards Collioure !

« Icelandic designer Hafsteinn Juliusson, who has created the ‘growing jewelry’ collection. Combining both jewelry and gardening, the collection is a series of hand rings that contains real icelandic moss. Wearers need to take care of their jewelry by frequently watering and trimming it. earlier this year juliusson opened his ‘growing jewelry’ store at reykjavik art museum, where pieces are displayed on sand beds under spotlighted growing lamps. » (designBoom)

« The exhibition “Natura e Artificio” organized by the Tuscan section of AGC (Contemporary Jewelry Association, Italy) and the Garden Club Livorno opened on Tuesday 27th of April in the delicious location of Villa Henderson in Livorno.
It is the first exhibition of contemporary jewelry in Livorno and the affluence was amazing.
The idea of this exhibition comes from the interest that goldsmiths always showed for the natural world, especially for flowers, and we wanted to show to the public contemporary interpretations. We asked the authors to confront themselves with the theme of nature, questioning the natural or unnatural meaning of artifice.The exhibition had no selection, all authors who wanted to join the project could do it. The reason for this as Corrado Demeo – Pluto, chairman of the Tuscan AGC explains, is that we do not intend to create events and exhibitions for experts, rather we want to present open spaces where it is possible to bring the audience in contact with a variety of expressions, in order to grow a sensibility for contemporary confrontation.
The quality revealed by this exhibition is simply determined by the energies devoted to the organization and the self-responsability of the participants.Three works were selected by a jury, that did not have to agree but each juror chose the piece he considered most valuable according to the theme of the event and his own criteria. Also the public of the Vernissage was asked to choose their preferred piece and the visitors took this task extremely seriously by taking notes and examining all the pieces on exhibit with great attention.
The only false note was the bad weather, but at the end also this brought people to closer relations being forced to cramp under the few roofs in the wonderful garden. » (Doris Maninger)